You might have spotted on the Google homepage that today is Ernest Shackleton's birthday. While I didn't make it to Elephant Island (wasn't far away, though), I saw a few places the Endurance saw, too, albeit from the comforts of a modern cruise ship so his life and work will always be special to me.

An Antarctica related post by lizzip last night ( Read more... )

I want to see Encounters at the End of the World but it's only on at the Arts and only in the afternoon and I'll be away over the weekend. Let's hope for another week.

In Shackleton's Footsteps

Having been to some of the places (sadly not Elephant Island where the crew of the Endurance overwintered while he went off to seek help), this is a must.

as long as they don't start digging, they should be fine.

bateleur pointed out that a huge chunk of shelf ice has broken off. He's also come up with how much ingredients he'd need to make the world's biggest Zombie. ;o ( Read more... )

So apparently the cruise ship has now sunk in the Antarctic after hitting an obstacle in the water and suffering a fist-sized hole. How is that even possible? Modern ships are designed in a way that a damaged section can be completely sealed off so the ship won't flood completely. Now this can be tricky if the damage is extensive (like a gash along ( Read more... )

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or anybody else who's bored.

I'm currenlty watching the fence of the building site next door being slowly obliterated (three panels are now missing) by the wind and am amazed that the flag poles are still standing and the flags are still attached.
Cambourne seems to be a bit worse off as redshira's roof is losing tiles ( Read more... )